Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

It was already 7 p.m., and people who wanted to have dinner or a late-night snack happened to be there at this time, so the barbecue stalls gradually became more crowded and noisy.

Qi Xie glanced in the direction from which the shout had come from.

They were eight young men who looked carefree and somewhat like hooligans, but their clothes were made of good quality, suggesting they were not short of money.

"Boss! Give me twenty of each kind of meat skewers, plus five saury, six pounds of crayfish, and two cases of beer!"

"Hurry up, boss, grill ours first!"

"Make sure it's well-roasted, then your brothers will come and patronize your business more often!"

The young people shouted and crowded around a man who was clearly the core of the group, and he sat down.

"Hey? There's some static on your end, is something wrong, Mr. Qi?"

Zhao Jian'an's puzzled voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's okay, I'll just grab a late-night snack outside."

Qi Xie came to his senses.

"I see. Was there something you wanted to ask just now?"

Qi Xie recalled the question he had almost blurted out earlier and shook his head:

No, there isn't.

His original question was:

Does the Bureau of Mysterious Special Operations know anything about the administrators of the Walker System or something similar?

The reason he thought of this problem was that he connected the secretive practices of the Mysterious Special Operations Bureau with the various restrictions on the system forum.

Thinking deeper, the latter is actually preventing the public from knowing about the existence of the Fallen World, since Qi Xie suspects that the system may also be a remnant of a Fallen World.

The official approach and the approach of that uncertain system administrator were so similar that he had this question in mind and almost blurted it out.

"Luckily, it was interrupted."

Qi Xie thought to himself.

If the authorities are indeed aware of the existence of such system administrators, or even have had contact with them, then the problem falls on him.

How did a mysterious rising star in the traveler's circle know about the existence of the system administrator?

If the official response doesn't come from him, and he goes to the system administrator, it will easily draw the system administrator's attention.

And that evil spirit in his house had hacked into the system! It might even have clashed with the administrator!

"Of course, it's also possible that I'm overthinking it. After all, this kind of cover-up to avoid causing a collapse of social order is the most reasonable approach. It might just be a coincidence that the system and the authorities did the same thing. But to be on the safe side, I shouldn't ask this question."

While pondering, Qi Xie mentally prepared his speech and said to the person on the other end of the phone:

"I have two more questions. First, how many worlds have fallen? Second, do you know what those three books I have are?"

"The first question is unclear at my level... In fact, it's very likely that those above don't know either, since it's difficult to distinguish which ones come from the same world based on only the scattered information within the instance. But what is certain is that there is definitely more than one fallen world."

Zhao Jian'an replied:

"As for the three books, I saw two of them with covers during the live stream, so I can roughly guess what they are. One seems to be related to some kind of technology from that world? The other is related to some kind of geology from that world. I don't know about the last one with a plain white cover."

"That's a diary."

Qi Xie added:

"But it should be useful to you too. The author of the diary is an engineer, and the diary records some of his daily work routine."

"In that case, Mr. Qi, what's your price?"

Zhao Jian'an was a shrewd man; he understood that Qi Xie was laying the groundwork for his later offer.

Qi Xie pondered for a moment and replied:

"Twenty thousand strange points."

"Twenty thousand weird points!?"

Zhao Jian'an's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"Yes, 20,000 Anomaly Points. In addition, I also want the various Fallen World data collected by your department. If possible, give Jiang Zhengyi another day off; I need to speak with him..."

"How about I cook you a couple more dishes and give you 20,000 yuan while I'm at it?"

Zhao Jian'an's lips twitched on the other end of the phone.

"I can cook two dishes, but I don't care about 20,000 yuan."

Qi Xie was shameless enough to take advantage of the situation.

Zhao Jian'an on the other end of the phone was speechless for a moment, then laughed helplessly:

"The information about the Fallen World is classified, and releasing it to anyone requires following procedures. I'm not sure if the higher-ups will approve it. But 20,000 Weird Points is definitely not an option."

"Then name a price?"

Qi Xie had originally quoted a high price, leaving room for the other party to negotiate.

"one……"

The voice on the other end of the phone was suddenly drowned out by loud laughter:

"Hey boss! When you buy six pounds of crayfish, you don't get a free half-pound or anything!"

"Hurry up, boss! It's been so long and all you've brought are meat skewers!"

"How about we get some peanuts and seaweed for the brothers to go with their drinks first?"

"Tsk..."

Interrupted for the second time by the noise, Qi Xie frowned slightly and turned his head to look.

It was the same group of young people from before. They seemed to have had some drinks and were quite excited, laughing and shouting.

The barbecue stall owner was a middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old. He had a bit of a beer belly and seemed honest and simple. Faced with the joking shouts from the young people, he could only awkwardly smile.

"Yes, almost there, it's baking now."

Then he turned his head and called out, seemingly asking his wife to order some side dishes for the table, as he was too busy with too many other things.

Qi Xie turned his head to look at the skewers on his table, and sighed imperceptibly:

"My things haven't all arrived yet."

Picking up a skewer of large, plum-shaped pork, Qi Xie took a bite of the dark brown, marbled meat, feeling the burst of juicy flavor between his lips and teeth.

"Captain Zhao, could you please repeat that? I didn't hear you clearly."

"It sounds like things are going well where you are."

Zhao Jian'an chuckled and said:

"I said, 10,000 Weird Points, plus some of the data we've collected on the Fallen World."

As for giving Jiang Zhengyi a leave of absence, he thought Qi Xie was joking with him, so he didn't take it to heart. Besides, this request wasn't something he could decide; it needed to be reported to the provincial bureau.

"No, ten thousand is too low."

Qi Xie decisively said:

"These are three whole books. One of them contains almost an entire technical theory from another world. Another records the practical experience of related technical engineers. This is a complete technical line. Captain Zhao, offering such a low price is somewhat disrespectful to knowledge. You should know that there's a wealth of knowledge in books!"

Zhao Jian'an was momentarily speechless after being rendered speechless by Qi Xie's rather shameless remarks, and after a long pause, he managed to utter:

"There are golden houses in books, but you can't actually sell books as golden houses!"

And that's not how you calculate it!

Zhao Jian'an explained helplessly:

"First of all, we are very likely to have difficulty learning these technologies from other worlds."

Based on our previous data on fallen worlds, some worlds have technology trees that differ greatly from ours. There is almost nothing we can learn from those technologies, or rather, it would take too long to develop a new technology tree. We can only borrow some ideas and inspirations.

Secondly, some materials that exist in our world do not exist in our world, including certain special metals or environments that cannot be synthesized.

Some worlds even have fundamental physical laws that are completely different from ours, which is hard to imagine.

Can you believe that we once discovered a law of the Fallen World where 1+1 once equaled 3?

So, the main reason for buying these things is for secrecy; as for whether they will bring any other benefits, it's all a gamble...

"Wait a minute?"

Qi Xie's mouth was slightly open, and the second piece of plum blossom meat that was already close to his mouth froze.

"Say that again?"